The Polar Star, the only U.S. ship capable of bludgeoning through heavy ice

Re:The Polar Star, the only U.S. ship capable of bludgeoning... by encoderer on Saturday August 03, 2019 @10:25AM (#20600540)

If the notion of a ship getting stuck in ice is interesting to you, read the book Endurance about Shackleton’s failed 1915 polar expedition.

This is off topic but it’s a very good book.

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Re:The Polar Star, the only U.S. ship capable of bludgeoning... by DanBC on Saturday August 03, 2019 @11:02AM (#20600729)

Or Erebus by Palin.

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